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Top 100 Female Players in Illinois (Sept. 2021)
A big round of applause to the 42 young ladies who represent the state of Illinois on US Chess’ most recent Top 100 Lists for Girls—from…
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August 2021 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
US Rank Player (US Chess ID) July ’21 Cutoff Age 7 and Under 25 Bothe, Devaanshi…
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2021-2022 Class of Warren Junior Scholars and Rising Stars to be Announced Soon. New Qualified Players Need to Contact the Director
Warren Scholars and Rising Stars are programs aimed at recognizing youth accomplishments in rated chess and providing training and camaraderie-promoting activities. Recently a program called Rising…
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Louisa Zhang – 1st place in U1500 at Chicago Open
Check out our strong group of 16-year-olds: Louisa Zhang jumped from 1417 to 1588 (!!) by winning the U1500 section at the Chicago Open with…
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5 Featured Players in the Age 18 Category
While neither the results of the ICA’s Youth Invitational nor those of the prestigious 2021 Chicago Open made the cutoff for the most recent rankings…
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50 Illinois Players in the US Top 100 Lists
The month of May marks the highest number of girls from our state ranking in the US Top 100 since the start of the pandemic,…
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April 2021 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
US Rank Player (US Chess ID) March ’21 Cutoff Age 8 27 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 815 72 Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) 476 …
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March 2021 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
Congratulations to the 50 girls from Illinois with regular ratings high enough to put them in the top 100 in the country in their respective…
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February 2021 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
A big shout-out to all the fine young ladies who played at the 2021 IHSA State Championship earlier this month. While the IHSA results do…
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January 2021 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
US Rank Player (US Chess ID) December ’20 Cutoff Age 8 …